The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 2DEC2011

Unidentified fireball crosses sky over Beijing
People's Daily Online
According to the astronomy expert, the object may be a fireball meteor. One amateur astronomer who witnessed the fireball in Tianjin said that the huge flying object appeared at about a quarter past 5 pm. in the northeastern region. ...


吉林降落罕见陨石雨
吉林降落罕见陨石雨. shìjiànjìngguò: 1976 nián 3 yuè 8 rì， jí lín dì qū jiàng luò liǎo yī cì shì jiè lì shǐ shàng hǎn jiàn de yǔn shí yǔ。 yǔn shí yǔ shì yóu yī kē yǔn ...
yizitong.com/time/event.php?rand_id...event_id...l=4


CF man discovers meteorite, again
Cannon Falls Beacon
The curious young kid did some encyclopedia research and suspected he had discovered ameteorite. He saw an article on meteorites in the farming magazine "The Furrow" and, as suggested in the article, sent a sample of the rock to the American Meteorite ...


Rainbow-colored, exploding meteor appears just south of DC
WJLA (blog)
A meteor that was hoisted with its own petard, you say? Go on! The next account of Monday's space shenanigans comes from an unnamed observer in Stafford, Va., at approximately the same time of evening. This witness also says the object flamed out in a ...


elp allsky: Tennessee Meteor Fireball 30nov2011
By elp allsky
Tennessee Meteor Fireball 30nov2011. Email From: Lannie R.-Morrison, TN-5:29 P.M. CST: seen what looked like a bottle rocket shooting across the sky from south to north, at about 40 deg. above horizon, looking east. at approx. 35.5739 ...


Meteor with Persistent Train - National Geographic Photo Contest ...
Submit your entry online to the 2011 National Geographic Photo Contest in any of these three categories: People, Places, and Nature. Prizes include $10000 ...
ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/photo-contest/2011/.../view...


December's Lunar Eclipse and Mystery Meteor Shower « Clark ...
December's Lunar Eclipse and Mystery Meteor Shower. Robert Bigelow. Posted by: Robert Bigelow November 28th, 2011. On the morning of December 10, the ...
www.clarkplanetarium.org/.../december’s-lunar-eclipse-and-m...


Meteor Crater Sample Collection | USGS Astrogeology Science Center
USGS Astrogeology Science Center Meteor Crater Sample Collection lithologies, impact melts, meteoritic fragments, alluvium, and organic debris…and ...
astrogeology.usgs.gov/Page/.../MeteorCraterSampleCollection


American Meteor Society | Astronomy.FM
Tonight we welcome a special guest – Bob Lunsford of the American Meteor Society, on the occasion of their centenary! Bob talks about observing, recording, ...
astronomy.fm/tag/american-meteor-society/


Catch the winter solstice and a Christmas comet
The Guardian Charlottetown
As fortune dictates, viewing of December's Gemind meteor shower (peak on the night of Dec. 14) will be dramatically reduced due to the gibbous moon. However, as the moon does not rise until around 9 pm that night, there is about a two-hour window of ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 1DEC2011

Flight Over Meteor Crater, Arizona, USA 24NOV2011- video

Posted on YouTube by eonbio さんが 2011/11/30 37 views

Flying from Winslow Az to Meteor Crater in a 1991 Bonanza 36TC.

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 30NOV2011

NY / NJ Green Meteor Fireball 24NOV2011 - Latest Worldwide ...
Glen Cove ,New York Observed in the north east sky .....stating at about one o' clock to about two o'clock in the sky...large pronounced green fireball lasted about ...
lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/.../new-york-green-meteo...


Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Sighting Reports Will be ...
By LunarMeteorite*Hunter
Meteor Sighting Reports for 2012 Will be Changing Format and New Meteor Reporting Form Completed 30NOV2011 -The Latest Worldwide Meteor Sightings Reports (LINK Here)- The reports below were received in the past 10 hours; ...
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Students view rocks from the moon in their classroom
Ct Post
David Mestre, director of space education from the Discovery Museum, shows a meteorite to fifth graders at Jane Ryan School in Trumbull during a NASA focussed lesson on Tuesday, November 29, 2011. Photo: Brian A. Pounds / Connecticut Post | Buy This ...


Make the effort to view Mercury and Venus
HollandSentinel.com
By Peter Burkey “Just missed it” is not something you want to hear at a star party, solar eclipse,meteor shower or auroral display. However, last month's column “just missed” two newsworthy events, the northern lights and an asteroid passing close to ...


Coast UFO account baffles experts
Gold Coast Bulletin News
The Friday night started out like any other when the Varsity Lakes woman went outside for a cigarette and observed the Leonid meteor shower. After counting more than 18 of the celestial objects she noted a "large light'' in the northern sky which she ...


Hunting for Space Rocks: Q&A with Geoff Notkin of 'Meteorite Men'
Space.com
Notkin is a meteorite hunter. Notkin and his partner in crime, Steve Arnold, are the hosts and stars of Meteorite Men, a popular TV show about meteorite experts who hunt for precious space rocks everywhere from abandoned farms in Kansas, ...

NOVEMBER 2011 Meteor/Fireball Sighting Reports File (incomplete)

Meteor Sighting Reports for 2012 Will be Changing Format and New Meteor Reporting Form semi-Completed 30NOV2011

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Woburn, MASS. Meteor? 28NOV2011

Woburn, MASS. Meteor? ~5:00 pm 28NOV2011
My husband and I were pulling into Whole Foods Parking lot in Woburn, MA at approx 5 p.m this evening 11/28/11 and saw a falling star or whatever it was...not sure. . The direction it was going easterly maybe??.. just know that it was very bright, a good size, and was the fastest travelling thing I ever saw! Amazing and beautiful! It was large at it's front end and a long tail. I only witnessed a meteor shower once... they just kept coming, but they were narrower than the one I saw tonight which was by itself...and pretty large. Would love to know what it was exactly and if others in the area had the same privilege! -Gina  Thank you Gina!


Any other sighting reports? Please report: Date and Time of event? Location name (town,city) where you were when saw the meteor? Start and Stop location in sky? Direction of movement? Duration of Event (seconds)? Brightness ( in comparison with Venus, Moon, Sun) color, sounds? Photos? Videos? please email LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com Your reports make it possible for all to check what they saw as well. Thank you! 2011 The Year of Meteors!

Austin, Texas Meteor 28NOV2011

Austin, Texas Meteor ~9:25 pm CST 28NOV2011
Approx 9.25pm tonight I viewed something I have never seen headed west to east above Cedar Park and Austin Texas.
I googled to see if anyone has seen this and found your site and a post from someone describing what they saw today and the description is the same except the post they sent is logged from this morning.  This thing was visible for a second or so it seemed to be close to the roofs of the homes it was so big I thought it might be a missile or some strange firework... An orange red and green trail that I wish I could rewind to see more of! Regards, Julian  Thank you Julian!

Any other sighting reports? Please report: Date and Time of event? Location name (town,city) where you were when saw the meteor? Start and Stop location in sky? Direction of movement? Duration of Event (seconds)? Brightness ( in comparison with Venus, Moon, Sun) color, sounds? Photos? Videos? please email LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com Your reports make it possible for all to check what they saw as well. Thank you! 2011 The Year of Meteors!

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 29NOV2011

'Extra-terrestrial' matter sent for tests
Times of India
When a meteoroid enters the atmosphere, pressure causes the body to heat up and emit light, thus forming a fireball, also known as a meteor or shooting star. The term bolide refers to either an extraterrestrial body that collides with the earth, ... [Appears to be a hoax; Dehli, India 27NOV2011 meteor/meteorite hoax]

Dundee the new home for four-billion-year-old Strathmore Meteorite Scotland Courier The section of meteorite that will now be joining Dundee's collections. By Jonathan Watson Leisure and Culture Dundee has been revealed as the successful bidder for a piece of the Strathmore Meteorite, which recently came up for auction in Edinburgh ... Posted on YouTube by InceptionMoments 0views

Angleton, Brazoria County, Texas, USA Fireball Meteor 28NOV2011

Angleton, Brazoria County, Texas, USA Meteor 12:30 AM CST 28NOV2011
Fireball south of Angleton, Texas spotted. It seemed unusually close and it's color was green at the tail and orange/red at the front. Movement was from west to east and was observed for less than two seconds. It was much more luminos than any stars around it. -Johnathan  Thank you Johnathan!


Any other sighting reports? Please report: Date and Time of event? Location name (town,city) where you were when saw the meteor? Start and Stop location in sky? Direction of movement? Duration of Event (seconds)? Brightness ( in comparison with Venus, Moon, Sun) color, sounds? Photos? Videos? please email LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com Your reports make it possible for all to check what they saw as well. Thank you! 2011 The Year of Meteors!

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 28NOV2011

Piece Of Burnt Meteorite Falls On East Delhi Housetop
indiatvnews.com
New Delhi, Nov 28: A burning piece of space debris, probably a meteorite, fell on the roof of a house in East Delhi's Gandhinagar area on Sunday evening. The house owner immediately poured water on the burnt piece after which it broke up into small ... [Story sounds dubious and material does not appear to be meteorite!]



US: A Thanksgiving predawn meteor over North Carolina? -- Fire in ...
At least one person was watching the sky before dawn on Thanksgiving morning. And..he had a view to be thankful for. Around 4:30 AM today Ty in Grimesland, ...
www.sott.net/.../238128-US-A-Thanksgiving-predawn-meteor...


Starwatch: The December night sky
The Guardian
To Orion's left is Gemini where Castor stands above Pollux and close to the radiant of the Geminidsmeteor shower. Slow bright meteors diverge from this point from the 7th to the 16th, with the highest rates on the morning of the 14th as Gemini sails ...


Meteorites contain fossil remains
Deccan Chronicle
27: Two American scientists have found what are believed to be remains of tiny water-dwelling organisms in samples from two well known meteorites. The scientists are Dr George Claus of New York University and Professor B. Nagy, of Fordham University, ...


Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: California Meteor ...
By LunarMeteorite*Hunter
Camarillo, CA Saw Meteor! between 8:00- 8:30 p.m. 26NOV2011 I had just parked my car and collected mail from the mailbox, then walked up the driveway to enter my home and looked to my left which is west facing toward the Pacific Ocean. ...
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News


elp allsky: Large Iowa, Missouri Meteor Fireball Captured By Iowa ...
By elp allsky
Large Iowa, Missouri Meteor Fireball Captured By Iowa All Sky Camera 23nov2011. Below is an apparently large meteor fireball captured by Tim Cline at the Dusk Observatory Southeast of De Moines, Iowa. Tim Writes... " Jim...I caught some ...
elp allsky


What's Up in the Sky: Astronomy for December
Akron Beacon Journal
Two meteor showers occur this month. The Geminids peak on Dec. 14-15, but a large waning gibbous moon will wash out a good number of them. The Geminids are one of only two meteorshowers caused by an asteroid rather than a comet. On Dec. ...


Season is right for night sky's timeless show
San Francisco Chronicle
This is most true with meteor showers. This past summer, the Perseids, the most anticipatedmeteor shower of the year, seemed pretty much like a dud, with a full moon overwhelming the sky. Yet in 1988, while camped at Mount Shasta, I happened to look ...

What's Up in December: Five major planets will put on show Press Herald All five of the brightest planets will be well placed in the morning or evening sky, the Geminid meteor shower will peak the morning of Dec. 14, and there will even be a penumbral lunar eclipse. Brilliant Venus will double its height in our evening sky ... Two Clips from Japan - A Meteor and a Mystery ... 2 min These clips were recorded from Japan on November 21, 2011. sources: clip 1 - sonotaco.jp clip 2 ... youtube.com 11/25/2011 -- BRIGHT meteor and two large ... 2 min In this series of shots from Sakurajima Volcano in Japan -- we see a brightmeteor, and two ... youtube.com

Piece Of Burnt Meteorite Falls On East Delhi Housetop
3 min
A burning piece of space debris, probably a meteorite, fell on the roof of a house in East Delhi ... [Story sounds dubious and material does not appear to be meteorite!]
youtube.com

North Venice, Florida Meteor 27NOV2011

North Venice, Florida Meteor between 9:30-10:30 pm EST 27NOV2011
I live in North Venice Florida ... on Nov 27 2011 sometime between 930 and 1030 pm I saw something in the sky, It almost seemed to drop straight down but if I had to choose it would have been traveling NorthWest to SouthEast (from left to right but barely)　It was all white, no tail or trail after it. It seemed more wide than tall and very fast only 2 seconds at most. I just caught my eye, it made no sound. Not sure what it was but so curious. Thanks for the website, its been interesting to look through and read about what others have seen...Jennifer


Any other sighting reports? Please report: Date and Time of event? Location name (town,city) where you were when saw the meteor? Start and Stop location in sky? Direction of movement? Duration of Event (seconds)? Brightness ( in comparison with Venus, Moon, Sun) color, sounds? Photos? Videos? please email LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com Your reports make it possible for all to check what they saw as well. Thank you! 2011 The Year of Meteors!

Santa Fe Springs, CA Meteor 27NOV2011

Santa Fe Springs, CA Meteor ~1:00 am PST 27NOV2011
November 27, 11 at approximately 1:00 AM in Santa Fe Springs, CA, southeast of Los Angeles. The meteor was very high in the sky, it shot eastward and disappeared.The event lasted only for a couple of seconds. It was amazingly orange and red, it was very bright compared to other celestial objects. Myself and my two friends all happened to be looking up at the sky because it was unusually clear that night, and we all gasped at once as we saw a shooting star for the first time. -Kevin  Thank you Kevin!


Any other sighting reports? Please report: Date and Time of event? Location name (town,city) where you were when saw the meteor? Start and Stop location in sky? Direction of movement? Duration of Event (seconds)? Brightness ( in comparison with Venus, Moon, Sun) color, sounds? Photos? Videos? please email LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com Your reports make it possible for all to check what they saw as well. Thank you! 2011 The Year of Meteors!

Taunton, Massachusetts Meteor 27NOV2011

Taunton, Massachusetts Meteor ~7:45 pm 27NOV2011
My daughter and I saw what we think to be a meteor tonight. We were travelling on 24 North almost to 495 North outside of Taunton, Massachusetts at approximately 7:45 pm EDT. It was white, no other colors noted, no trail or anything noted. It came from the north east heading downwards southwest. It was coming in really fast. We only saw it for a second or two before it dimmed and burnt out. Cheers, Carrie Brown  Thank you Carrie!

Any other sighting reports? Please report: Date and Time of event? Location name (town,city) where you were when saw the meteor? Start and Stop location in sky? Direction of movement? Duration of Event (seconds)? Brightness ( in comparison with Venus, Moon, Sun) color, sounds? Photos? Videos? please email LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com Your reports make it possible for all to check what they saw as well. Thank you! 2011 The Year of Meteors!

Ocala, Florida Meteor 27NOV2011

Ocala, Florida Meteor ~1:00 am EST 27NOV2011
Meteor was red and burning very bright it shot northwest to southeast
lasting about 2 secs. IT was the first time ever that I saw a real
meteor burning through the atmosphere.-Lawrence Bryant  Thank you Lawrence!

Any other sighting reports? Please report: Date and Time of event? Location name (town,city) where you were when saw the meteor? Start and Stop location in sky? Direction of movement? Duration of Event (seconds)? Brightness ( in comparison with Venus, Moon, Sun) color, sounds? Photos? Videos? please email LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com Your reports make it possible for all to check what they saw as well. Thank you! 2011 The Year of Meteors!

Guernsey, UK Meteor 27NOV2011

Guernsey, UK Meteor 6:50 GMT 27NOV2011
On Nov 27 I saw a green flash with an orange trail in the sky. The flash was moving very fast and was very low just over the road for about 3 seconds. This was in st.peter port on a small island called guernsey in the English channel. Occurred at 6:50pm GMT. Please can you explain what it could have been? Regards -Tristram

Any other sighting reports? Please report: Date and Time of event? Location name (town,city) where you were when saw the meteor? Start and Stop location in sky? Direction of movement? Duration of Event (seconds)? Brightness ( in comparison with Venus, Moon, Sun) color, sounds? Photos? Videos? please email LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com Your reports make it possible for all to check what they saw as well. Thank you! 2011 The Year of Meteors!